So the next scene I decided to do is scene 3. I had originally planned for this scene to be in a black unknown location however I realised that a lot of my film is going to be in the dark at that point which is difficult to shoot to a decent quality. It also means that I won't have much variation in where the film is shot. Because of this, I decided to shoot scene 3 around the local area. Area itself wasn't important as longs it took place outside and is gave me enough footage on a big enough scale to show a change in location (as though the dream is shifting and changing) and i was able to create a dream-like environment during shooting. During editing, I decided to use different colours. I wanted to create a dream-like atmosphere but also have some separation between each segment of the dream so that it is evident that it is a dream whilst also giving the scene the abnormality and stylising to be effective. To do this I used the strobe lighting editing tool which can chang...
Orson Welles has a great deal of identifiable features of his auteur style that appear over the vast majority of his works. His environments tend to be very exotic as can be seen in a lot of his films. In 'The Lady from Shanghai' there is not a big focus on the exotic visuals in certain areas as a lot of the film takes place inside a coastal town instead of on an island however there are certain scenes such as the boat scene where the visuals are relatively exotic and wondrous. The film is also littered with establishing shots with boats across the sea which help to create a semi-exotic atmosphere however 'The Lady from Shanghai' does also have a lot of scenes which would argue against that such as the courtroom which is the last thing you would think of when you think 'exotic'. The main production locations were Acapulco, Pie de la Cuesta, Sausalito and San Francisco, all of which are not straying extremely far from Hollywood and not straying at all from Americ...
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